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"If I embarrassed the state, I apologize." Arizona's top elections official says what I say to myself and my bosses and my family every morning. Barack Obama will stay on Arizona's ballot because the official has decided that Obama's birth certificate—the one that alleges he was born in Hawaii—is 2 legit 2 quit. Hey hey.Willard Romney tried to pose for a photograph with real African American students, having his security team ferry him into an actual ethnic neighborhood in Philadelphia for the stunt. He's trying to make a token effort for the black vote. He was heckled.

Braving an emergency law banning mass protests, and refusing to be unbowed by thousands of arrests, Montreal students fighting tuition fee hikes have continued to take the streets and recruit families and pensioners to their side—and in a widespread action yesterday, police actually stood down.